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Latest revision as of 15:09, 9 April 2018
| U.S.S. Whippoorwill (1919) | |
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| Hull Number: | AM-35 |
| Builder: | Alabama DD&S[1] |
| Laid down: | 12 Dec, 1917[2] |
| Launched: | 28 Jan, 1919[3] |
| Commissioned: | 1 Apr, 1919[4] |
| Decommissioned: | 17 Apr, 1946[5] |
| Stricken: | 10 Jun, 1946[6] |
| Transferred: | 5 Nov, 1946 |
| Fate: | Maritime Commission |
U.S.S. Whippoorwill was one of forty-nine Lapwing Class minesweepers completed for the U.S. Navy.
Service
Captains
- Lieutenant Birney O. Halliwill, 1 April, 1919
- Lieutenant William J. Poland, 5 July, 1924[7]
See Also
Footnotes
Bibliography
